- Nations criticise vague climate finance deal at UN talks
- We’re reviewing election irregularities, plans punishment: Badiul Alam Majumder
- Death toll in Gaza surpasses 44,000
- International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
- Dengue takes 9 lives in 24 hrs
- Govt unveils treatment plan for injured in July-August movement
- Battery rickshaw blockade suspended until Saturday
- Akbar to be banned for two NCL matches
- Two bodies recovered in Naogaon
- Chief Adviser proud bringing Khaleda Zia to Senakunja
- I believe in free, fair, and credible election: CEC
- Shafik Rehman secures bail
- Former UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott dies at age 86
- Khaleda Zia makes first public appearance at Senakunja in 12 years
- Putin gifts over 70 animals to North Korean zoo following troop support for Russian army
- 4 foreign tourists die from methanol tainted alcohol in Laos
- Supreme Court stays ex-Addl AG Mehedi’s bail
- Farmers busy in harvesting paddy in Naogaon
- Ukraine says Russia has launched an ICBM in an attack
- No artificial crisis be allowed in food supply chain: Bashir
South Korea donates $2mn to support WFP’s Rohingya food aid in Bangladesh
The Republic of Korea has stepped up its support to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) with a new contribution of US$2 million. The timely funding enabled WFP to reach nearly 76,000 Rohingya and provide them with a full ration of US$12.50 for two months, according to a WFP press...
South Korea aspires to be vital partner in Bangladesh's infrastructure dev: Envoy
South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Park Young-sik on Friday said Bangladesh requires further infrastructure development to make its economy more resilient, and Seoul aspires to become a vital partner in this effort. Korea aspires to become a vital partner in Bangladeshs infrastructure...
50 countries warn UN of ransomware attacks on hospitals
The World Health Organization (WHO) and some 50 countries have issued a warning at the United Nations about the rise of ransomware attacks against hospitals, reports AFP. Countries and WHO issued the warning on Friday, where the United States specifically blamed Russia for the potential attack....
North Korea jams GPS signals, disrupting ships civilian flights
For the second consecutive day on Saturday, North Korea conducted GPS jamming attacks, impacting several ships and dozens of civilian aircraft, according to South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), according to Korean news agency Yonhap. The attacks, originating from North Koreas Haeju and...
South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting data
South Koreas privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers,...
North Korea fires missiles toward the sea ahead of US election
South Korean military said that North Korea on Tuesday fired barrage of short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, reports UNB. The military said that the country continued its weapons demonstrations hours before the US presidential election. South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staff...
More than 10,000 North Korean troops in Russia for Ukraine war: Seoul
South Korean defence ministry said on Tuesday that more than 10,000 North Korean troops have arrived in Russia to support its war against Ukraine, reports Reuters. It also said that a significant number of troops have arrived in the frontline areas including Kursk. The remarks came hours...
US nuclear bomber joins air drill with S. Korea, Japan
South Korean military said that the country along with, the Japan, and the United States on Sunday conducted a joint air drill involving a nuclear-capable bomber, repots BSS. It conducted the air drill in response to North Koreas latest long-range missile test, the military statement furthered....
Cousin marriage ban in South Korea poised to lose effect
In South Korea, marriages between third cousins or closer relatives are prohibited and any such unions are annulled if they are discovered. However, the ban on marriages between relatives up to the eighth degree may soon lose its effectiveness, as the law that allows for annulments will expire...
N. Korean trash balloon lands in Seoul's presidential compound
A North Korean balloon carrying trash landed on Seouls presidential compound on Thursday, authorities said, with local media reporting it contained propaganda leaflets ridiculing President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife. Activist groups in South Korea have long sent propaganda northwards, typically...
North Korea shipped 1500 soldiers to Russia: Spy
South Korean spy agency on Friday claimed that North Korea has shipped 1,500 soldiers to Russia for training, reports CNN. The hermit nation transported its special forces fighters on seven Russian ships earlier in October, South Koreas National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a press release...
N Korea sending ‘large number of troops’ to Russia: Seoul
North Korea has decided to deploy a large-scale troop contingent to support Moscows war in Ukraine, with 1,500 special forces already in Russias Far East and undergoing training, Seouls spy agency said Friday. The National Intelligence Service released detailed satellite images it said showed...
Seoul court acquits ex-police chief over Halloween crush killing 150 people
A South Korean court acquitted the former Seoul police chief and two officers Thursday of professional negligence over a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush that killed more than 150 people. The court ruled that Kim Kwang-ho -- the highest-ranking police official indicted over the crush -- could...
South Korea's Han sells one million books after Nobel Prize victory
Bookstores in South Korea announced on Wednesday that over a million copies of Han Kangs books have been sold since she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Han, the first South Korean to receive this honor, is internationally acclaimed for her novel The Vegetarian, which won the Man...
North Korea blows up roads to South Korea as military tensions escalate
The military of South Korea stated that North Korea has blown up sections of the roads connecting the two nations. The blasts occurred around midday (03:00 GMT) in areas north of the military demarcation line, as stated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a message to the press on Tuesday, reports Al...
S. Korea military says 'fully ready' as N. Korea orders troops on the border
South Koreas military said Monday it was fully ready to respond after North Korea ordered troops on the border to prepare to fire in an escalating dispute over drone flights to Pyongyang. The nuclear-armed North has accused Seoul of flying drones over its capital to drop propaganda leaflets filled...